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Congress’ Manikchak candidate Mottakin Alam was targeted and his vehicle badly damaged in an attack on Sunday. KOLKATA: Clashes, attacks and recovery of arms and ammunition on Sunday marked West Bengal’s run-up to the fifth phase of polls scheduled for Saturday (April 17). Most clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress and main opposition party BJP. The trend was broken in Malda, a traditional Congress turf, where a clash broke out between Congress and Trinamool supporters. Congress...

Clashes, attacks and recovery of arms and ammuition on Sunday marked West Bengal’s run-up to the fifth phase of polls scheduled for Saturday. Most clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress and BJP. The trend was broken in Malda where a clash broke out between Congress and Trinamool supporters. Congress veteran Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (Dalu) was allegedly attacked by “Trinamool goons” on the way back from a political meeting at Fulbaria. Abu Hasem escaped without injury but Congr...

West Bengal elections 2021 live updates: PM Modi, Shah to hold multiple rallies in poll-bound Bengal today West Bengal elections 2021 live updates: PM Modi, Shah to hold multiple rallies in poll-bound Bengal today Polling for the first four phases has been concluded in West Bengal. Violence erupted at a polling booth in Cooch Behar during the fourth round of polling. The ruling TMC alleged that Central forces opened fire twice at polling booths in Cooch Behar where people were casting their vot...

From the Archives (April 6, 1971): Bridge over Padma safe April 06, 2021 00:15 IST Updated: April 06, 2021 00:15 IST Updated: Share Article AAA Krishnagar, April 5: The famous Hardinge Bridge over Padma river in Kushtia district is quite safe and sound, though bombed by the West Pakistani army, according to an eye-witness report. A PTI correspondent, who visited Kushtia town, 120 km from here yesterday, found the liberation forces heavily guarding the bridge with an anti-aircraft gun and a cont...

Koushani Mukherjee joined Trinamool two months ago and is contesting the Krishnagar seat Kolkata: Actor-turned-Trinamool Congress candidate Koushani Mukherjee courted controversy on Saturday as a video with her purported comment "Please think before you cast votes, you have mother, sister at home" went viral. Koushani Mukherjee, who had joined Trinamool Congress two months ago and is contesting the Krishnagar seat claimed that a part of her comment was taken out of context and put in the video...

Search Debate verdict: Welcome, PM, but you failed to act During Covid pandemic, the government failed to treat humans with dignity Modi made the wrong decisions with the wrong people around... consequences of virus will haunt us long after the virus has gone, says senior SC advocate Sanjay Hegde If you are reading this as you head to Calcutta, P...

Moumita Chaudhuri   |     |   Published 21.02.21, 01:10 AM For a decade now, Dipankar Bhattacharya has been routinely taking the Calcutta-Siliguri highway. He works in the animal health division of a private sector firm and drives from his home in south Calcutta, down the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, reaches the Dum Dum airport and thereafter “crawls” through Madhyamgram, Birati, Bara...

: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 10:10 PM IST West Bengal: Defection from TMC continues; senior leader Arindam Bhattacharya joins BJP ahead of assembly polls Photo via ANI A couple of days back, the ruling Trinamool Congress of West Bengal had successfully managed to retain their Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy from defecting to the BJP. It now looks like the party has, however, failed to curb the trend of defection completely as TMC MLA Arindam Bhattacharya defected to the saffron camp in Delhi on Wedne...

The state higher education department has issued a notification mentioning the appointed day, which marks the formal launch, of five universities — Biswa Bangla University, Birbhum; Kanyashree University, Nadia; Mahatma Gandhi University, East Midnapore; Hindi University, Howrah; and Rani Rashmoni Green University, Hooghly. “In the absence of the appointed day, a university cannot seek recognition from the UGC. So the notification was issued,” said an official of the higher education depa...

The unfinished work on NH 60 is a deliberate act of the Centre, says Mamata Banerjee. (File) Bolpur: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked TMC workers to put up posters, organise rallies and gherao officials to force the completion of NH 60 bypass at Dubrajpur in Birbhum district following complaints by locals that work on the project is pending for the past 10 years. The unfinished work on NH 60 is a deliberate act of the Centre, she said at an administrative review meeting. ...